Attaching means for miners&#39; lamps.



PATBNTED Nov. 6., 1906.

APPLIGATION FILED MAY 26. 1906.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ATTACHING MEANS FOR MINERS LAMPS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 6, 1906.

Application filed May 26, 1906- Serial No. 318,885-

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM MINERY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Scammon, in the county of Cherokee and State of Kansas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Attaching Means for Miners Lamps, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an attaching means for miners lamps, the object of the invention being'to provide an effective device of this character which is simple in construction and which will prevent swinging movement of the lamp. Miners lamps are usually suspended by a hook, and ordinarily these lamps are free to swing in all directions. This causes wear on hooks, so that the same rapidly break through. I prevent swinging or vibratory motion of the lamp, and thereby prolong the life of the hook. The means for attaching the lamp in place can be readily applied and as easily removed.

A further object of the invention is the provision of means whereby friction between the base of the lamp and its carrier is avoided, so that wear upon such portion of the lamp is prevented.

In the drawings accompanying and forming a part of this specification I show one form of embodiment of the invention which enable those skilled in the art to practice said invention I willset forth in detail in the following description, while the novelty of the invention will be included in the claims succeeding said description.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a miners lamp attaching means involving my invention. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a lamp-carrier. Fig. 4 is a like view of a fastening-pin.

Like reference characters refer to like parts throughout the several views.

It is customary for miners to connect their lamps with their headwear, the latter ordinarily consisting of caps.

In the drawings I have shown a miners cap, the same being denoted in a general way by 2. The lamp associated with said cap is designated in a general way by 3, and it with the cap are of the ordinary construction, so that a detailed description of the same is not necessary. The lamp is not in the present case directly supported by the cap, but is shown as mounted upon a carrier, as 4. The carrier 4 may be made from sheet-metal, and it is comaway from the crown of the cap. The carrier 4 is stiff, yet somewhat flexible, its stiflness being suflicient to prevent collapse of the cap and naturally to uphold the peak thereof, while it is sufficiently resilient to cause no discomfort to the wearer of the cap.

The lamp has a hook, as 8, adapted to be passed through a perforation 9 in the top or upper flange 6 when it is desired to hang the lamp from the carrier 4. The shank of said hook has an inwardly-extending bend, as 10, to cooperate with the locking or fastening device, as will hereinafter appear. In the body 5 I form a vertical slot 1 1, the side walls of which near the lower portion thereof diverge downward, whereby the slot toward its lower portion is made of progressively-increasing width, so as to receive and accommodate the lower portion of the lamp 3. The shank of the hook 8 extends rearward through the slot 11, so as to bringthe bend 10 in position for the passage between the bend and the lamp of a looking or fastening device, such as that designated by 12. This looking or fastening device 12 consists of an elongated pin having a pointed end, whereby, in addition to serving as a locking or fastening device, it also acts as a picker and stick. One end of the pin 12 is provided with an open loop or crook 13, the free end of which is laterally offset, as at 14, to present a catch to extend through a perforation in the body portion 5. The pin 12 is usually made of wire, whereby I can secure a certain amount of resiliency in the loop 13 to hold automatic-- ally the offset or catch 14 in its operative position.

When the lamp is fastened in place, the bill of the hook 8 will extend through the perforation 9, the shank of the hook extending through the upper narrow portion of the slot 1 1, while said hook between such points is sustained by the carrier at the junction of the body 5 and flange 6. With the lamp in this position the lower portion thereof Will be opposite the wide portion of the slot 11 and the shank of the pin 12 will be between the bend 10 and the inner face of the body portion 5, by reason of which latter relation the lamp will be prevented from swinging with respect to its carrier. At the same time the offset 14 will be in its cooperative perforation. To dismount the lamp, the pin is turned by engaging the loop 13, which constitutes a convenient actuating-head for this purpose, to carry the offset or catch 14 out of its cooperating perforation, at which time the pin can be withdrawn from place. The lamp is then swung forward and lifted to carry the hook 8 out of the perforation 9. To put the lamp in place, the described operation is reversed, and during such procedure the offset 1 1 will be sprung by the resiliency of the loop 13 into its cooperating perforation.

In view of the fact that the lamp is locked below its point of suspension there is no possibility of the same swinging, so that abnormal wear on the hook is prevented. The dismounting or mounting of the lamp are operations that can be rapidly secured. The lamp when in operative position is securely held against unusual wear.

The pin 12, in addition to serving as a fastening device for the lamp, also acts as a picker for the wick thereof, the pointed end of said pin being employed for this purpose. Said pointed end may be thrust into the wall of a mine in order to employ the loop 13 as a support for the hook 8, said pin in this case 5 serving as what is known as a stick.

WVhat I claim is- 1. The combination of a carrier, a lamp having a hook to be supported by said carrier and a pin removably associated with the carrier, for preventing swinging motion of the lamp with respect to said carrier, said pin having a catch to engage the carrier to prevent the pin from being accidentally separated from the carrier.

2. The combination of a carrier comprising a body portion provided with a flange at its upper end, said flange having a perforation and the body portion having a slot, a lamp having a hook to be passed through said perforation, the shank of the hook having a bent portion extending through said slot and a pin fitted against the inner surface of said body portion and extending through the space between said bend and carrier, one end of the pin being sharpened and the other end thereof being provided with a catch to engage the carrier to prevent accidental sep aration of the pin from said carrier.

3. The combination of a carrier, a lamp having a hook to be supported by the carrier, the shank of the hook having a bend and the carrier having a slot through which the bent portion of the hook passes, a pin extending through the space between said bend and the carrier and having an open loop at one end provided with an offset, the carri er having a perforation to receive said offset.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM MINERY. Witnesses:

JOHN W. MORTON, Jns F. WOLFE. 

